Current Issue of The Friday Times

Mar 5-11, 2010 - Vol. XXII, No. 3

 

 

Najam Sethi's Editorial


Talking thke talk

The Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries have seemingly turned their backs on each other. The Indians tried to drag the Pakistanis into a serious discussion on terrorism sponsored by non-state actors based in Pakistan. They handed over a list of 33 wanted terrorists, including .......

 
 



Diary of a Social Butterfly



Such Gup



Nuggets


True Lies


Letters

 

 

 

Talking about talks

       
 
       
   

‘Composite’ turns to ‘compost’
Khaled Ahmed

In Pakistan, there are forebodings of another bout of India-centric events across the border. The political parties are adjusting to yet another ‘national consensus’

       
   

Domestic disturbances
Shaukat Piracha

The Delhi talks were seen by most observers as a start. Whether or not the two governments will build on it remains to be seen

       
   

Back and forth
Iftikhar Gilani

Often stumped by India on third party mediation, Pakistan has now taken the strategic decision of making Kashmiri leaders (read the All Parties Hurriyat Conference) as the third party

       
       
     

“We realise that the Indian side is doing this because of internal compulsions”

– Salman Bashir, Foreign Secretary of Pakistan

by Shaukat Piracha

       

Features

       
 
     

Motherhood’s a drag
In the fifth part of this series, Fawzia Afzal-Khan recounts her impressions of men, bulls and martyrdom

       
     

Out of Africa
In the last part of this series, Sohail Ittehad recollects his memories of the southern Sahara

       
 
       
     

Poetry and piety
Rakhshanda Jalil traces the history of verse written in honour of the birth of the Beloved of God

Features

       
       
   

Vows of silence we had to break
ASR Institute must be saved at all costs,
says
Raza Rumi

       
     

Oscars wild
Zia Ahmad

recounts the history of the most celebrated film award

       
       
     

Future podcasting
Faisal Kapadia is the ultimate techie

       
       
     

Bhai Ram Singh of the soaring imagination
Salma Mahmud

evaluates the work of a 19th century Punjabi architect who designed many landmarks in the province and endowed them with an élan unrivalled in the subcontinent

       
     

Bankrupt beliefs
Dr Ali Hashmi has excerpted and translated Hasan Jaafar Zaidi’s views on certain myths

       
       
     

One shared history
Ammar Ali Qureshi

reviews a photography exhibition of artists from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh at London's Whitechapel Art Gallery

       
 
       
     

Myopic ban destroys a village
In a community once renowned for joie de vivre, fun and games are not on, but hate filled jihadist sermons are fine, says Arsalan Raja

     

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